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February 16, 2026

Ukraine President Zelenskyy Honors Olympian After Being Disqualified for His Helmet

Embed from Getty Images Amid the controversial decision to disqualify him from the 2026 Winter Olympics, Ukrainian skeleton pilot Vladyslav Heraskevych has been awarded the Order of Freedom by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Heraskevych, a likely contender for a skeleton medal this year, was barred from the Milan Cortina Games when he insisted on wearing a “helmet of memory,” depicting 22 athletes and coaches who had been killed since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in early 2022.

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December 19, 2025

Iconic ‘Rocky’ Statue Will Return to the Top of PMA’s Steps in Philadelphia

In the 1976 film Rocky, actor Sylvester Stallone, playing the eponymous boxer, races up the 72 stone steps to the east entrance of the Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA). It’s one of the most iconic scenes in modern film history, and even led to the creation of a 9-foot-tall bronze sculpture in the 1980s. Now, after some debate, the original Rocky statue will soon return to the top of PMA’s steps.

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